It then proceeded on to the moment at which we heard that one sentence that every public skeevoid dreads: “Gloria Allred Has a Client.” From The New York Times:

The new accuser, Beverly Young Nelson, told a news conference in New York that Mr. Moore attacked her when she was 16 and he was a prosecutor in Etowah County, Ala. Ms. Nelson was represented at the news conference by Gloria Allred, a lawyer who has championed victims of sexual harassment. “I tried fighting him off, while yelling at him to stop, but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck attempting to force my head onto his crotch,” Ms. Nelson said in a statement she issued at the news conference. She said Mr. Moore warned her that “no one will believe you” if she told anyone about the encounter in his car.

At the news conference in New York, Ms. Nelson grew emotional as she described the assault, which she said happened one night after her shift ended at a local restaurant, where she was a waitress. Her boyfriend was late that night to pick her up after work, she said, and Mr. Moore offered her a ride home. Ms. Nelson said that instead of driving her home, Mr. Moore drove to the back of the restaurant, parked his vehicle and forced himself on her.

Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, opined that, should Moore win the Alabama special election in December, the Senate should immediately expel him—which, I guarantee you, would result in one of the most spectacular circuses in the history of that august body because, by all indications, Roy Moore isn’t going anywhere.

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In an afternoon statement, Mr. Moore’s campaign described Ms. Allred as “a sensationalist leading a witch hunt, and she is only around to create a spectacle.” The statement, issued before Ms. Allred’s news conference in New York, denied again “any sexual misconduct with anyone” by Mr. Moore. Republicans here and in Alabama have been up in arms over the accusations, published last week in The Washington Post, that Mr. Moore pursued sexual or romantic relationships with teenagers when he was in his 30s. The reports have upended a race in a state that has not elected a Democratic senator in 25 years. In a fund-raising appeal, Mr. Moore reached out to his supporters with the subject line: “Mitch McConnell’s plot to destroy me.” “Apparently Mitch McConnell and the establishment G.O.P. would rather elect a radical pro-abortion Democrat than a conservative Christian,” he wrote. And Mr. Moore’s wife, Kayla Moore, lashed out in a Facebook post on Monday, complaining about “a witch hunt” in Alabama and claiming that “we are gathering evidence of money being paid to people who would come forward.”

If that’s his attitude now, in the teeth of a howling shitstorm, imagine what he’s going to be like if he wins, and The Washington Establishment declines to seat him. Fox News will have a field day and the Breitbart people, who already have two people on the ground in Alabama digging out the scandal of one of the accuser’s teenage telephone habits, will go absolutely insane. Where the president* would come down on this is anybody’s guess.

I mean, after all, there are now only five women accusing Moore of sexual misconduct, and Moore’s got 50 Christian pastors who have his back. From AL.com, the essential resource for all things Judge Roy.

"For decades, Roy Moore has been an immovable rock in the culture wars - a bold defender of the "little guy," a just judge to those who came before his court, a warrior for the unborn child, defender of the sanctity of marriage, and a champion for religious liberty. Judge Moore has stood in the gap for us, taken the brunt of the attack, and has done so with a rare, unconquerable resolve… We are ready to join the fight and send a bold message to Washington: dishonesty, fear of man, and immorality are an affront to our convictions and our Savior and we won't put up with it any longer. We urge you to join us at the polls to cast your vote for Roy Moore."

Glory be, it’s a wonder these guys didn’t nail these theses to the door of a Waffle House.

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